Juncker Said Luxembourg’s “Fiscal Environment” Helped Land Skype

Jean-Claude Juncker is an astute political operator. But since he became European Commission president at the beginning of November, the leak of two caches of confidential tax rulings made by the Luxembourg tax authorities while he was prime minister have tested his political skills like seldom before.

The latest LuxLeaks document dump, released this week, highlighted more corporations that have enjoyed special tax breaks in Luxembourg, Skype among them. The storm gathering around Mr. Juncker—which he admits has damaged him politically—focuses on how much he knew about the juicy tax deals that helped lure hundreds of multinational corporations to the Grand Duchy.

So, did Mr. Juncker have anything to do with bringing and keeping Skype to Luxembourg? Why yes he did!